Both やめる and とめる means to stop something, however there is a nuance. 止める（やめる） やめる means “to stop a behavior or action”. This can be translated to “to quit” as well. 止める（とめる） とめる means “to stop a movement”. Quiz 1. If you want to stop smoking, how do you say it in Japanese? 2. Let’s …
To your close friends or someone younger 明けましておめでとう！ akemashite omedetou あけまして おめでとう To someone in a higher position / acquaintance 明けましておめでとうございます。 akemashite omedetou gozaimasu あけまして おめでとう ございます New Year’s Day is something very important and formal in Japan, so I would use ‘明けましておめでとうございます。’ to anyone, even to close friends and someone younger. 明けまして It comes …
無くす（なくす） This なくす is used when we lose something tangible. 財布を無くす lose a wallet 鍵をなくす lose a key ペンを無くす lose a pen 亡くす（なくす） This なくす is used when we lose someone. *This is a transitive verb. Always someone who is deceased is the object in the sentence and I is the subject. 去年、母を亡くした。 I lost …
A Perspective of the Weather Definitely, I would say in May. You can see Cherry Blossoms in the most part of Japan in April, however, you can still see cherry blossoms in the beginning of May if you visit Northern part of Japan, for instance, Niigata, Yamagata, Aomori, Hokkaido, etc. I did not choose April …
First of all, you need to know that we do not have future tense. In Japanese, present tense is used as future tense. That means if you say ‘行きます。’, that will be ‘I will go’ in English. Grammatically, it is called present tense, though. Firstly, 行く(to go) We use the verb 行く (いく・to go) before …
